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anterior part of the mesepisternum, a longitudinal spot on the 

 posterior part of the mesepisternum, posterior part of the mesepi- 

 meron, spot on the metepisternum, sides of the propodeum, transverse 

 median spot on the posterior margin of the propodeum, metapostscu- 

 tellum, and median, longitudinal line on the tergum, ventral aspect 

 of the tergum and sternum, yellow; legs black; 4 anterior legs beneath 

 yellow; most of the 4 anterior tibiae and tarsi yellow; posterior trochan- 

 ters and the base of the posterior femora beneath, most of the posterior 

 tibise basally, yellow; wings hyaline, iridescent, costa yellowish; 

 venation black. 



Plummers Island, Maryland. Described from 3 females, the type 

 collected July 7, 1907, by A. K. Fisher, for whom the species is named; 

 1 paratype collected July 21, 1907, by A. K. Fisher; the other para- 

 type collected May 30, 1908, by W. L. McAtee. 



Type.— C&t. No. 15245, U.S.N.M. 



SnlDfamily ^TKALIIN^E 

 Genus ATHALIA Leach. 



ATHALIA LUGENS INFUMATA (Marlatt). 



Through the kindness of the Imperial Entomologist of Pusa, India, 

 a specimen of this subspecies has been sent to me for study. It was 

 collected at Lebong, India, September, 1908, which adds a new 

 locality for this form. 



SnT3feinily PHYMi-ATOCERIlSr^. 

 Genus TOMOSTETHUS Konow. 



TOMOSTETHUS NIGRANS Konow. 



A female which can not be separated from European specimens of 

 this species was collected at Lebong, India, at an altitude of 5,000 

 feet, in September, 1908, and forwarded to me for study by the 

 Imperial Entomologist of India. 



Subfainily SIDIL.A-lSri3R.II]Sr^. 



Genus PROSELANDRIA Rohwer. 



PROSELANDRIA PERUVIANA, new species. 



Of the species placed in Proselandria, the species here described is 

 more closely aUied to glahra (Kirby), but it may be separated from 

 this last-mentioned species by the black antennae and in having the 

 mesepisternum white above. Judging from the description the species 

 is related to Stromhoceros obscurus Konow, but the black hind femora 

 and minor structural characters wiU readily separate it from Konow' s 

 species. 



Female. — Length 7 mm. Labrum narrowly rounded apically; 

 clypeus convex, the lateral angles broadly rounded, the anterior 



